crucify
verb (used with object)
to put to death by nailing or binding the hands and feet to a cross.
have crucified
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present perfectof crucify.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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They have crucified themselves on the cross of too many unnecessary rules and regulations.
From Time Magazine Archive
Enough already. both sides have crucified this kid.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet now, injustice and tyranny have waxed so great in His time that they have crucified Him!
From Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by `Abdu'l-Bahá
“Had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory.”
From Gloria Crucis addresses delivered in Lichfield Cathedral Holy Week and Good Friday, 1907 by J. H. (Joseph Hugh) Beibitz
We could not have crucified him, because that manner of punishment was not in use among us.
From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Paul Henry Thiry Baron d' Holbach
